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The Thailand-Cambodia border conflict was the result of months of build up, particularly on the Cambodian side. OSINT analysis by Nathan Ruser at ASPI
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The final part of ASPI's series wargaming scenarios in a China-Taiwan conflict
Most importantly, the conclusion suggests how Taiwan's partners can prevent these scenarios
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-4-the-catastrophe/
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The Taiwan scenarios 3: Day zero
"Each of China’s four main options to force unification carries a different tempo, level of visibility and escalation risk. But a common thread of Taiwanese response runs through all four: tailored resilience, surprising readiness and firm refusal to surrender."
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-3-day-zero/
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Warning signs that China would be seeking to escalate its actions against Taiwan
"In all scenarios, the opening signs will likely include new rhetoric, possibly portraying Taiwan as having crossed a red line. A spike in cyberattacks and information operations, including information operations within China, designed to project and amplify those claims, would also be a likely sign common to all scenarios."
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-2-warning-signs/
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ASPI has wargamed four scenarios which Beijing could use to attempt to annex Taiwan.
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-taiwan-scenarios-1-subversion-quarantine-blockade-invasion/
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China's blacklist of Taiwanese political leaders is a sign of the intensification of its lawfare campaign targeting Taiwan's democracy
"This hotline is a sign that Beijing is attempting to weaponise legal intimidation at scale."
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of coercion against Taiwan
"As Taipei reinforces its defences against Beijing’s overt and covert pressure, China shows no sign of relenting—relying both on symbolic punishments and effective grey-zone tactics to sustain its campaign of coercion."
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/lai-bolsters-internal-security-against
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Taiwan's President Lai faces domestic political challenges as well as external pressure from China. He has still been able to maintain public support and implemented new national security measures, writes Mark Harrison
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-lai-ching-te-government-shifts-gears/
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of multi-domain coercion against Taiwan
The big news this week is former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Europe. It's a good opportunity for Taiwan to promote counter-narratives of democracy and international cooperation
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/former-taiwan-president-tsai-ing
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking China's campaign of multi-domain coercion against Taiwan
China is continuing to block Taiwan's efforts to attend the World Health Assembly in Geneva later this month. Taiwan has been blocked from the WHA since 2017
https://open.substack.com/pub/stateofthestrait/p/taiwan-fights-for-a-voice-at-the
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait notes the increase in espionage cases in Taiwan, many of which involve military or ex-military personnel
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The latest edition of ASPI's State of the Strait tracking all forms of coercion used by China against Taiwan
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ASPI has launched State of the Strait, a weekly report on Substack, to track all the forms of coercion China is using against Taiwan
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/to-counter-chinas-coercion-of-taiwan-we-must-track-it-better/
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Some China-related NGOs face imminent closure as a result of the freezing of USAID funds
"In many cases, these organisations provide our last window into what is actually happening in China. They do the painstaking and often personally risky work of tracking Chinese media censorship, tallying local protests, uncovering human rights violations, documenting the Uyghur genocide, and supporting what remains of civil society in China."
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The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China's campaign is essential to combat China's efforts to assert a claim over Taiwan by deliberately misinterpreting UN Resolution 2758
"Globally, every democracy must join this legislative template to definitively reject China’s egregious distortion of UN Resolution 2758."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2025/11/29/2003848009
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The full text of Hsiao Bi-khim's speech to IPAC at the European Parliament
"Europe has defended freedom under fire. Taiwan has built democracy under pressure. These different histories lead to a shared commitment: in peace, dignity, and resilience."
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On the anniversary of the 228 Massacre, the Taiwan Youth Association for Transitional Justice has called for the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to be renamed and repurposed
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/03/01/2003853068
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Taiwan should build a new Legislative Yuan (parliament) on the site of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, not the Grand Hotel which is proposed by the Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu, argues Huang Wei-ping
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2026/02/28/2003853008
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Civil society groups in Taiwan held a march on 79th anniversary of the 228 Massacre
"The 228 Incident was a series of ruthless crackdowns on protesters in the weeks and months following the brutal beating of a tobacco vendor in Taipei by government agents on Feb. 27, 1947, starting what came to be known as the White Terror. Estimates place the resulting death toll as high as 28,000."
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2026/02/28/2003853025
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In the 1960s Japan and the ROC government had a secret deal to deport Taiwanese independence activists to Taiwan. Activists in Japan fighting against these deportations went on to found Amnesty International Japan in 1970
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2025/02/08/2003831523
#Taiwan #Japan #history #TransitionalJustice #AmnestyInternational #台灣 #轉型正義
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Thailand's lese-majeste law has created an intellectual cage where the law eliminates political thought
"Thailand has achieved the impossible: killing democracy with democratic weapons while making the murder look like constitutional governance."
https://112watch.org/how-thailand-killed-political-thought-with-constitutional-law/
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Interview with academic Paul Chambers about lèse-majesté in Thailand and the risks for academics on Southeast Asia
"I would say that Southeast Asia is, perhaps with the exception of Timor-Leste, a region where foreign scholars working at or visiting institutions in Southeast Asia should beware of researching, writing, or speaking about sensitive topics in those countries."
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A charges of lèse-majesté against academic Paul Chambers has been dropped by the Thai Attorney General. However, he has lost his job at Naresuan University and been forced to leave Thailand
prachataienglish.com/node/11415
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Since the 2014 coup Thailand's military has entrenched its power and weaponised the lèse-majesté law
"Thailand's experience since 2014 offers important lessons for understanding democratic backsliding globally. The Thai case demonstrates how constitutional engineering can be used to create "autocracy by design" – systems that maintain the outward appearance of democratic institutions while systematically undermining their substance."
https://112watch.org/coup-by-constitution-thailands-khaki-takeover/
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Thai prosecutors have dropped lèse-majesté charges against Paul Chambers, an American academic who was teaching at Naresuan University in Thailand
In recent years hundreds of Thai people have been charged with lèse-majesté. The law has been used to limit discussion of political topics including the role of the monarchy and constitutional reform
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Thailand's lèse-majesté law creates a democratic contradiction: the most important law remains beyond academic discussion
"Without academic freedom to discuss, analyze, and critique Section 112, constitutional development in Thailand faces a fundamental impasse."
https://112watch.org/how-lese-majeste-laws-create-a-constitutional-blind-spot/
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Paul Chambers, a U.S. academic working at Naresuan University in Thailand, has been granted bail after seven days in detention. He has been charged with lèse-majesté, which is often used by Thai authorities to suppress dissent and restrict discussion of political issues
https://112watch.org/112watch-speaks-to-family-of-paul-chambers/
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HRW have called for the immediate release of Paul Chambers who has been detained on lese majeste charges in Thailand
Chambers is an academic known for his research on civil-military relations in Thailand. He is currently teaching at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok province
While hundreds of Thai activists have faced charges of lese majeste in recent years, cases involving foreigners are rare
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/04/08/thailand-us-scholar-detained-royal-insult-charge
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44 politicians from the former Move Forward Party in Thailand face possible lifetime bans from participating in politics.
They are charged with "breaching ethical standards" for sponsoring a bill to reform the lèse-majesté law
https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/20/thai-opposition-members-face-possible-lifetime-ban-politics
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UN experts have called on Thailand to immediately repeal its lésé majesté law
“Under international law individuals have the right to criticise public officials, including a King, and to advocate peacefully for the reform of any public institution, including the monarchy,” the experts said